Pale Surname
Approximately 110,837 people bear this surname
Pale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 53,674 | 1:430 | 50 |
| Burkina Faso | 25,442 | 1:721 | 112 |
| Mozambique | 10,506 | 1:2,595 | 637 |
| India | 9,153 | 1:83,805 | 5,623 |
| Mexico | 3,815 | 1:32,536 | 2,022 |
| Cameroon | 1,815 | 1:11,443 | 1,553 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,232 | 1:6,618 | 446 |
| Indonesia | 1,220 | 1:108,401 | 11,099 |
| South Africa | 988 | 1:54,836 | 6,964 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Philippines | 385 | 1:262,956 | 38,784 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| United States | 272 | 1:1,332,570 | 92,890 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Congo | 138 | 1:36,153 | 3,489 |
| Austria | 114 | 1:74,697 | 11,341 |
| Croatia | 108 | 1:39,154 | 7,862 |
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| Ecuador | 75 | 1:212,078 | 8,027 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| France | 66 | 1:1,006,405 | 112,047 |
| Uruguay | 42 | 1:81,709 | 8,364 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | 1:168,400 | 10,427 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69 | 1:353,266 | 22,372 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 110 | 1:456,533 | 32,843 |
The alternate forms: Palé (31), Păle (2) & Pâle (1) are calculated separately.
Pale (11,628) may also be a first name.
Pale Demographics
Average Male Pale Height
171.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pale (Hindi: पाले, Marathi: पाले, Oriya: ପାେଲ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Palé, Păle or Pâle. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pale? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pale is the 5,106th most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 65,750 people. Pale is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Pale reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pale is also the 55,352nd most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 11,628 people.
This surname is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 53,674 people, or 1 in 430. In The Ivory Coast Pale is most prevalent in: Zanzan District, where 49 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent live and Montagnes District, where 10 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast Pale is found in 78 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 23 percent live and Mozambique, where 9 percent live.
Pale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pale has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pale last name rose 247 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pale Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pale last name are 15.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pale earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 48.01% less than the national average, earning R 123,540 per year; in United States they earn 14.9% less than the national average, earning $36,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.78% less than the national average, earning $31,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pale in the Hindi language | ||
| पाले | pale | 99 |
| पाल | pala | 0.42 |
| पले | pale | 0.33 |
| पाली | pali | 0.08 |
| Pale in the Marathi language | ||
| पाले | pale | 83.22 |
| पळे | pale | 10.42 |
| पाळे | pale | 3.76 |
| पले | pale | 1.45 |
| पेाले | peale | 0.58 |
| पालॅ | pale | 0.1 |
| पाल | pala | 0.1 |
| फाळे | phale | 0.05 |
| फले | phale | 0.05 |
| पालेे | palee | 0.05 |
| Pale in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାେଲ | paela | 66.48 |
| ପେଲ | pela | 29.92 |
| ପାେଳ | paela | 3.05 |
| ପାଲା | pala | 0.28 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pale
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